MEAL Volunteer

Monitoring & Evaluation

Overview

Support data collection, entry, and analysis for the PlayMatters project

You have:

• Bachelor`s degree in Statistics, demography, Economics, M&E, or related field.
• Ability to undertake MEAL activities based on guidance from the supervisor.
• Possess a basic understanding of Monitoring and client feedback mechanisms and functions.
• Experience in monitoring & evaluating research methods and qualitative analysis is a plus.
• Experience working with communities, youth and adults of diverse backgrounds.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluent in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and Word.
• Willingness to travel to reside and work in the field sites.
• Fluency in local languages in and around the refugee settlement is a requirement.

Work Arrangement:

Job Description

Project Background

PlayMatters Project is an education initiative funded by the LEGO Foundation. The program reimagines childhood for 800,000+ refugee and host-community children across Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda – children whose education and social development has been affected by displacement and trauma. Building on children’s amazing resilience and a growing evidence base supporting Learning through Play (LtP) methodologies, PlayMatters (PM) cultivates holistic learning for children ages 3-12+. PlayMatters is led by the International Rescue Committee and includes Plan International, War Child Holland, Innovations for Poverty Action, the Behavioural Insights Team in partnership with the LEGO Foundation.

On a rolling basis, the PlayMatters Project will be conducting a series of MEAL activities in Northern, West Nile, Southwest, and Western regions of Uganda. The project therefore intends to recruit qualified individuals who will work as volunteer data clerks on a temporary engagement. The successful volunteer data clerks will support in data collection, entry, and analysis for the PlayMatters project.

Roles and responsibilities

• To collect and update relevant school data that meets the intended purpose and quality using PlayMatters’ recommended data collection tools/methods and platforms.

• To work with the RMEAL Officer - PlayMatters regarding data collected through giving daily reports and timesheets detailing level of effort per day worked.

• Works with Playmatters project to update all appropriate databases such as CommCare (PMIMS, PAIMS) and Ms Excel.

• Ensure proper storage/filling of reports/forms in designated places.

• Clean, enter and do preliminary analysis of data to ensure data quality and completeness

• Runs consistency quality checks and makes edits as appropriate.

• Work with the lead education partner focal persons in schools to support in data collection and strengthen collaboration with the lead partner.

• Support in MEAL administrative roles where need arises at the IRC office.

• Conduct regular data reviews with team and provide feedback to MEAL Officer and program teams in terms of data quality assurance and use.

• Participate in surveys and assessments when needed and support with data management functions.

• Makes routine backups and updates on the M&E box files and online box folders at scheduled intervals.

• Any other duties assigned by the supervisors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor`s degree in Statistics, demography, Economics, M&E, or related field. An advanced certificate in M&E, and statistics will be of an added advantage.

• Ability to undertake MEAL activities based on guidance from the supervisor.

• Possess a basic understanding of Monitoring and client feedback mechanisms and functions.

• Experience in monitoring & evaluating research methods and qualitative analysis is a plus.

• Experience working with communities, youth and adults of diverse backgrounds.

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• Fluent in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and Word.

• Willingness to travel to reside and work in the field sites.

• Fluency in local languages in and around the refugee settlement is a requirement.

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Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: rescue.org